Crosetto, Piantedosi and Pichetto Fratin will be attending the ‘Sud Chiama Nord’ event next week. Senate President Ignazio La Russa and several deputy ministers will also be present. The significance of Cateno De Luca’s one per cent for the centre-right

During this morning’s council meeting, the president did not resign as previously announced following the Armao affair. The agreement with the party is to carry on for a few months, but to accept that he will not stand for re-election. Meanwhile, the President of the European Commission, von der Leyen, is due to arrive in Sicily on Monday.

The Rome city councillor has struck a deal with Controcorrente, the movement led by Ismaele La Vardera, which is hugely popular on the island. The former ‘Iena’ presenter will bring his votes to Onorato and, in return, hopes for the support of the M5S and that section of the PD which backs the Roman councillor in an anti-Renzi bid for the Sicilian regional elections. The leader of IV has seen through the manoeuvre and is fielding the former MEP and doctor from Lampedusa, who spent years in Brussels alongside Schlein

For some time now, the Roman councillor and leader of Progetto Civico has been targeting the leader of Azione, the party which many in the PD still hope will become the true centre of the broad coalition

Academics and former members of the Constitutional Council are preparing to refer the bill to the constitutional judges. Former president Ugo De Siervo: “This bill is the ultimate in constitutional overreach.” Professor Mauro Volpi: “The appeal will be ready by November.” The award, the Prime Minister’s nomination and the rule on preferences are being challenged. Both constitutional experts also argue that the anti-splinter-party provision requires an “abnormal” and “paradoxical” number of signatures to be collected.

In the Sicilian Regional Assembly, Forza Italia has tabled a regional bill that even the PD supports. The Lega is showing openness and looking to what has happened in Veneto. And even from FdI, there are signs of a glimmer of hope.

The General Assembly of Controcorrente and Progetto Civico Italia is becoming the testing ground for a new political alliance. The PD, M5S and AVS are no longer enough, say the civic groups: an independent civic force is needed to broaden the base and try to defeat Meloni

The nursery refused to admit the child because she had not been vaccinated, and that was the end of it. “The public system cannot consider its task completed simply by excluding a child from school.” The appointment with the local health authority (ASL) was used as a smokescreen; the issue of checks; and why “in 2017 we chose not to interfere with parental authority”. The former Health Minister speaks out

Hundreds of flights cancelled due to volcanic ash, thousands of passengers stranded at Catania airport. Messina MPs Tommaso Calderone and Matilde Siracusano (Forza Italia) are once again calling for the major infrastructure project. “But we also need railways and roads. Infrastructure has no political colour.”

The former Iena presenter and candidate for the presidency of the Sicily region in 2027 has 1 per cent support nationally; his appointment as president of Progetto Civico is intended to revitalise the movement that dreams of becoming the centre of the broad political spectrum. But Renzi remains a stumbling block